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Paul
Newton
Head of Medicine Quality Research Group
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Professor Paul Newton is Head of the IDDO Medicine Quality Research Group. He was appointed Head of the WorldWide Antimalarial Research Network (WWARN) Antimalarial Quality Group in 2010. He was the founding Director of the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU) in the Microbiology Laboratory of Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane, Laos, from 2000 to 2019 and now works based from Oxford. After junior doctor training in infectious disease and internal medicine in the UK, he worked in the Mahidol Oxford Research Unit in Bangkok on malaria and melioidosis for four years before moving to Laos.
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Pharmacokinetics of Oral Doxycycline during Combination Treatment of Severe Falciparum Malaria
Newton, P., Chaulet, J.-F., Brockman, A., Chierakul, W., Dondorp, A., Ruangveerayuth, R., Looareesuwan, S., Mounier, C., & White, N. (2005). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 49(4), 1622-1625.
Rickettsial infections are common causes of fever amongst adults in the Lao PDR
Newton, P., Phongmany, S., Rolain, J., Phetsouvanh, R., Blacksell, S., Soukkhaserm, V., Rasachack, B., Phiasakha, K., Soukkhaserm, S., Frichithavong, K., Chur, V., Keolouangkhot, V., Martinez-Aussel, B., Chang, K., Darasavath, C., Rattanavong, O., Sisouphone, S., Mayxay, M., Vidamaly, S., … White, N. (2005). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 73(6), 223-223.
Use of a refractometer to assess the quality of antimalarial drugs collected in the Lao Pdr
Green, M., Vongsack, L., Manolin, O., Sengaloundeth, S., Khounsaknalath, L., Pamanivong, C., Rojas, O., & Newton, P. (2005). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 73(6), 346-346.
Estimation of the total parasite biomass in acute falciparum malaria from plasma PfHRP2
Dondorp, A., Desakorn, V., Pongtavornpinyo, W., Sahassananda, D., Silamut, K., Chotivanich, K., Newton, P., Pitisuttithum, P., Smithyman, A., White, N., Day, N., & White, N. (2005). PLoS Medicine, 2(8).
Fake antimalarials in Southeast Asia are a major impediment to malaria control: multinational cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of fake antimalarials.
Dondorp, A., Newton, P., Mayxay, M., Van Damme, W., Smithuis, F., Yeung, S., Petit, A., Lynam, A., Johnson, A., Hien, T., McGready, R., Farrar, J., Looareesuwan, S., Day, N., Green, M., & White, N. (2004). Trop Med Int Health, 9(12), 1241-1246.
Randomized comparison of chloroquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus artesunate plus mefloquine versus artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Newton, P., Khanthavong M, Lindegårdh N, & Mayxay M. (2004). Clinical Infectious Diseases, 39(8), 1139-1147.
Platelets and Blood Coagulation in Human Malaria
Newton, P., Essien, E., & White, N. (2004). In Malaria (pp. 249-276). World Scientific Publishing.
Mixed-species malaria infections in humans
Mayxay, M., Pukrittayakamee, S., Newton, P., & White, N. (2004). Trends in Parasitology, 20(5), 233-240.
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Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Khanthavong, M., Tiengkham, P., Phetsouvanh, R., Phompida, S., Brockman, A., & White, N. (2004). Clinical Infectious Diseases, 38(8), 1193-1194.
In vitro efficacy of antimalarial drugs against Plasmodium vivax on the western border of Thailand.
Chotivanich, K., Udomsangpetch, R., Chierakul, W., Newton, P., Ruangveerayuth, R., Pukrittayakamee, S., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2004). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 70(4), 395-397.
Platelet-induced autoagglutination of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells and disease severity in Thailand.
Chotivanich, K., Sritabal, J., Udomsangpetch, R., Newton, P., Stepniewska, K., Ruangveerayuth, R., Looareesuwan, S., Roberts, D., & White, N. (2004). J Infect Dis, 189(6), 1052-1055.
Short communication: An assessment of the use of malaria rapid tests by village health volunteers in rural Laos.
Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Yeung, S., Pongvongsa, T., Phompida, S., Phetsouvanh, R., & White, N. (2004). Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH, 9(3), 325-329.
Treatment response in Lao children with P-FalcimparumMalaria
Mayxay, M., Khanthavong, M., Tiengkham, P., Phompida, S., Phetsouvanh, R., Brockman, A., Newton, P., & White, N. (2004). PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, 55(4), 280A - 280A.
Platelet-induced autoagglutination of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells and disease severity in Thailand
Chotivanich, K., Sritabal, J., Udomsangpetch, R., Newton, P., Stepniewska, K., Ruangveerayuth, R., Looareesuwan, S., Roberts, D., & White, N. (2004). J Infect Dis, 189(6), 1052-1055.
Artemether bioavailability after oral or intramuscular administration in uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
Silamut, K., Newton, P., Teja-Isavadharm, P., Suputtamongkol, Y., Siriyanonda, D., Rasameesoraj, M., Pukrittayakamee, S., & White, N. (2003). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 47(12), 3795-3798.
Chloroquine versus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Savannakhet Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic: an assessment of national antimalarial drug recommendations.
Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Khanthavong, M., Tiengkham, P., Phetsouvanh, R., Phompida, S., Brockman, A., & White, N. (2003). Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 37(8), 1021-1028.
Dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in breastfed Lao infants
Soukaloun, D., Kounnavong, S., Pengdy, B., Boupha, B., Durondej, S., Olness, K., Newton, P., & White, N. (2003). Paediatrics and International Child Health, 23(3), 181-186.
Dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in breastfed Lao infants.
Soukaloun, D., Kounnavong, S., Pengdy, B., Boupha, B., Durondej, S., Olness, K., Newton, P., & White, N. (2003). Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 23(3), 181-186.
A selective sweep driven by pyrimethamine treatment in southeast asian malaria parasites.
Nair, S., Williams, J., Brockman, A., Paiphun, L., Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Guthmann, J.-P., Smithuis, F., Hien, T., White, N., Nosten, F., & Anderson, T. (2003). Mol Biol Evol, 20(9), 1526-1536.
Randomized comparison of artesunate and quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria.
Newton, P., Angus BJ, Chierakul W, & Dondorp A. (2003). Clinical Infectious Diseases, 37(1), 7-16.
Counterfeit artesunate antimalarials in southeast Asia.
Newton, P., Dondorp, A., Green, M., Mayxay, M., & White, N. (2003). Lancet (London, England), 362(9378), 169.
A randomized comparison of oral chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Laos
Mayxay, M., Phetsouvanh, R., Phompida, S., Newton, P., Khanthavong, M., Vannachone, B., Brockman, A., & White, N. (2003). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(3), 343-344.
Diabetes mellitus, insulin, and melioidosis in Thailand.
Simpson, A., Newton, P., Chierakul, W., Chaowagul, W., & White, N. (2003). Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 36(5), e71 - e72.
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with pleurisy, platypnoea and orthodeoxia.
Newton, P., Wakefield, A., Goldin, R., & Govan, J. (2003). Thorax, 58(2), 185-186.
Malaria and amphetamine 'horse tablets' in Thailand.
Newton, P., Chierakul, W., Ruangveerayuth, R., Abhigantaphand, D., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2003). Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH, 8(1), 17-18.